Capital Railroad Needs as Owners Retake Property
Thomas DeWitt Guyler pledges national advertising to explain railroad needs as ownership returns after war control. Executives insist private firms with public regulation can best serve public welfare while attracting new capital for upbuilding and fair returns through adequate rates.
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Association of Railway Executives
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Sugar Control Plans Favored By House Panel
Washington December 16 the house agriculture committee approved an amendment to keep in force the food control law giving the president power to fix sugar prices and regulate movement and ordered a favorable report on a senate bill extending the United States sugar equalization board through 1920.
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Washington, D. C
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Senate
United States Sugar Equalization Board
French aviator Sadi Lecointe hits 226 mph speed test
Paris December 16 AP reports Sadi Lecointe, holder of the French height record, achieved an official timed flight showing an average 307.225 kmh over a kilometer and a peak 364.5 kmh 226 mph, during today's test.
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Associated Press
Paris
Sadi Lecointe
Lecointe
Millionaire Officer Seeks Death Over Finances
Capt. Clarence Wiener a wealthy former officer from American and British services shot himself last night in despair over money matters. He regained consciousness but remains in very grave condition at the hospital. He left a note attributing the act to financial worries. LAST RUS YANKS COMING. Washington announces all selective service men in Liberia have been relieved by volunteers. the last will reach San Francisco in January aboard the transport Sherman.
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Wiener
Washington, D. C
Selective Service
Liberia
Volimtears
War Department
San Francisco
Sherman
Women Cut Off 20 Phones for Nonessential Gossip
Emporia Kansas December 16. Manager W W Finney of the local telephone exchange cut off 20 phones for non essential conversation amid general conservation during the coal strike. All offenders were women, Finney said.
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Emporia
Kan
General Conservation
W. W. Finney
Local Exchange
Finney
Relief measures begin for Austria with food dispatch
The supreme council approved initial relief for Austria after Karl Renner spoke of the country's hardship. Thirty thousand tons of food will be sent to Trieste for onward shipment into Austrian territory with U S backing considered essential for credits to cover purchases. Premier Clemenceau's health was reported satisfactory.
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Austria
Supreme Council
Karl Renner
Trieste
United States
America
Clemenceau
St Louis Woman Named National Vocational Adviser
Miss Lucinda D. Templin, dean of a local women’s college, named national adviser for the National Federation of College Women representing 95,000 women. She will coordinate with state chairmen to spread vocational guidance for young women entering various callings.
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Lucinda D. Templin
National Federation of College Women
Templin
Wood Named GOP Favorite As Sioux Falls Delivers Picks
Gen Leonard Wood is the Republican choice at the state proposal meeting, with until January first to file his acceptance and campaign suit. Woodrow Wilson is endorsed for a third Democratic term, while no minority favorites are named and Miles Poindexter and James W. Gerard have filed declarations for the independent column on the March ballot.
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Sioux Falls
L Leonard Wood
Woodrow Wilson
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Miles Poindexter
Washington
James W. Gerard
New York
French and British Near Agreement on French Loan Terms
Paris reports that the exact time, amount, and terms of the French loan to be issued in England are not yet fixed. A note from Premier Clemenceau’s office says decisions will come by mutual agreement during the Teague conferences in London. Belgium neutrality remains a topic, while Mexico’s Obregon faces an assassination attempt. Local notes from Allison, Iowa cover marriages, school consolidation, and civic events.
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Baltic Peace Talks and Soviet Demands at Dorpat
A Moscow wireless dispatch reports Esthonian and Bolshevik negotiators at Dorpat differed on terms. The Soviets urged rapid peace and broad concessions while demanding disarmament of the northwest Russian army in Estonia and ban on allied troops except the Estonian army.
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Dorpat
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Esthonia
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Lithuania
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Letvin
Tolshevik
Moscow
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Holland Denies Shooting Party With Prince and Kaiser
Official from The Hague denies reports that the Netherlands prince consort and the former Kaiser joined a shooting party. The denial was issued at the Berheriya ge Tegation in Washington yesterday after published accounts claimed the gathering occurred.
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Prince and
Kaiser
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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Hague
Prince Consort
Berheriya Ge
Rail safety laws honored more in breach petitioned by Borland
Washington, Dec 16. W P Borland head of the bureau of safety reports in his annual study that railroads evade passenger and employee safety laws. He cites hours of service breaches, minimal safety appliance compliance, and use of sand brakes on mountain routes. He says safety is sacrificed to expediency and block signals are rendered useless on some lines.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
W. P. Borland
Bureau of Safety
Interstate Commerce Commissiion
Rome
Glass Quits Senate Seat After Christmas Recess
Secretary Glass announced he would resign his Senate seat representing Virginia immediately when Congress reconvenes after the Christmas recess, succeeding the late Senator Martin.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Senator Martin
Virginia
Congress
Pardoned Negro Convict Who Halted Pike Riot
Frankfort Ky December 16 One of Gov Black remaining acts before his term ends was pardoning Eli Curry a negro trust y who averted a riot at a Pike county convict camp in August 1918 Curry had served 15 years of a life term in the state reformatory As the road crew faced a mass uprising Curry armed only with a pick threatened to kill anyone who stirred the mob and the convicts yielded and returned to work
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Black
Eli Curry
Pike County
Curry
Lfe
State Reformatory
Man Missing 22 Years Returns Rich From Alaska Placer Mine
John Baer, believed dead for 22 years and declared dead 123 years ago, reappears at his brother’s Warrenville home in Alabama saying he struck it rich on an Alaska placer mine claim. He claims he kept his word to return only when wealthy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Baer
John
Warrenville
Alaska
Kenyon seeks probe of Martens as Soviet envoy
Senator Kenyon introduces a resolution calling for investigation into Ludwig A. C. Martens self styled Russian Soviet ambassador to the United States and his activities during his New York residence. The measure was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Martens
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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New York
Towa
Foreign Relations Committee
Bolsheviks Capture Novo Nikolaevsk and Hold Fronts
London reports a Soviet communique says Novo Nikolaevsk on the Trans-Siberian was captured with 5,000 prisoners and several generals of the Kolchak army. The Moscow message notes a general Bolshevik advance on all fronts, with the famed Mamonov cavalry division taken east of Kiev. Denikine admits a retirement of his troops. Novo Nikolaevsk sits about 390 miles east of Omsk.
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Kiev
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Omsk
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